Tiny Core Linux
Tiny Core Base => Micro Core => Topic started by: xpdx on October 07, 2016, 08:17:01 AM
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Greetings,
For a Micro Core installed on HDD I can't use the wifi.
It seems that I have to blacklist the bcma and b43 modules for wl to work with your wifi
as coreplayer2 said on #tinycorelinux IRC channel
Here are the last outputs:
tc@box:~$ tce-load -w pci-utils
pci-utils is already downloaded.
tc@box:~$ tce-load -i pci-utils
pci-utils is already installed!
tc@box:~$ lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a00] (rev 0c)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 PCI Express Root Port [8086:2a01] (rev 0c)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82562GT 10/100 Network Connection [8086:10c4] (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2834] (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2835] (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:283a] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:284b] (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:283f] (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2841] (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 [8086:2847] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2830] (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2831] (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2832] (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:2836] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801HM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller [8086:2815] (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller [8086:2850] (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [8086:2829] (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV516/M62-S [Mobility Radeon X1350] [1002:7196]
10:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11a/b/g [14e4:4312] (rev 02)
tc@box:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 PCI Express Root Port (rev 0c)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82562GT 10/100 Network Connection (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV516/M62-S [Mobility Radeon X1350]
10:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11a/b/g (rev 02)
tc@box:~$
tc@box:~$ iwconfig
ip_vti0 no wireless extensions.
dummy0 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
eth1 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
tunl0 no wireless extensions.
tc@box:~$ dmesg | tail -20
b43 ssb0:0: Falling back to user helper
Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PMNLS ]
b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43/ucode13.fw failed with error -2
b43 ssb0:0: Falling back to user helper
b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43-open/ucode13.fw failed with error -2
b43 ssb0:0: Falling back to user helper
b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43-open/ucode13.fw failed with error -2
b43 ssb0:0: Falling back to user helper
b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode13.fw" request failed (err=-11)
b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode13.fw" request failed (err=-11)
b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.
e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None
e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
wl: module license 'MIXED/Proprietary' taints kernel.
Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
malloc in abgphy done
malloc in abgphy done
eth1: Broadcom BCM4312 802.11 Hybrid Wireless Controller 6.30.223.271 (r587334)
ERROR @wl_dev_intvar_get : error (-1)
ERROR @wl_cfg80211_get_tx_power : error (-1)
tc@box:~$
Thank you.
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If you look up your hardware, Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11a/b/g [14e4:4312], here:
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
..it would seem that you have the choice of either the reverse engineered b43 kernel driver or the closed source wl kernel driver
If you choose to use the b43 driver, you will need to "cut" the broadcom firmware, which is not easy to do if you are new to linux.
If you choose to use the wl driver, you will need to blacklist the bcma, ssb and b43 drivers so that they are not loaded when tinycore boots and/or the wireless-KERNEL extension is loaded (you can see from your dmesg output that the b43 driver is trying unsuccessfully to load the ucode13.fw firmware).
You don't mention what you are using to boot tinycore, but you need to add "blacklist=bcma, ssb, b43" to the bootloader boot codes if you choose to use the wl-modules-KERNEL extension containing the wl driver.
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As in the log:
Firmware file "b43-open/ucode13.fw" request failed
Install firmware.
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Thank you bmarkus
Excuse me, I forgot to say, I am a Linux beginner,
Tell me please is this the correct way?
tc@box:~$ tce-load -wi firmware-broadcom_bcm43xx.tcz
firmware-broadcom_bcm43xx is already installed!
If this is the correct way for As in the log:
Firmware file "b43-open/ucode13.fw" request failed
Install firmware.
It seems that it had been installed before the outputs form the initial first topic was out.
Thank you.
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Try tce-load -i xyz.tcz (without the -w option).
-w downloads
-i installs
If the extension was already downloaded previously and tce -wi xyz.tcz is used, tce-load will abort and not install.
So actually, often it's more reliable to use tce-load in two steps:
tce-load -w xyz.tcz
tce-load -i xyz.tcz
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I appreciate Misalf,
tc@box:~$ tce-load -w firmware-broadcom_bcm43xx.tcz
firmware-broadcom_bcm43xx is already downloaded.
tc@box:~$ tce-load -i firmware-broadcom_bcm43xx.tcz
firmware-broadcom_bcm43xx is already installed!
tc@box:~$
Regards.
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As I see, fw is not in the TC repo. You can download it here:
https://github.com/OpenELEC/wlan-firmware/blob/master/firmware/b43/ucode13.fw
As I do not have such adapter, can't test it. If it doesn't work Google.
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Great, if this fw works maybe we'll not have to blacklist or use wl modules
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Excuse me, I am novice and maybe even not a part time Linux user...
I couldn't manage to find how to set up/load on Tiny Core the ucode13.fw
https://github.com/OpenELEC/wlan-firmware/blob/master/firmware/b43/ucode13.fw (https://github.com/OpenELEC/wlan-firmware/blob/master/firmware/b43/ucode13.fw)
Respectfully.
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Hi
to use the firmware file, download it and copy to /usr/local/lib/firmware/ucode13.fw
if the firmware directory does not exist, create it.
add ucode13.fw file to your backup list (control panel > Backup /Restore) then make a backup.
remove any bcma,ssb and b43 blacklisted modules from extlinux.conf
remove wl-modules-4.2.9-tinycore.tcz from mnt/sda2/tc7-x86/onboot.lst
then reboot
confirm /usr/local/lib/firmware/ucode13.fw exists
confirm ucode13.fw is in use, check dmesg | tail -20
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My apologizes,
I am trying for one hour to copy from the terminal and paste the outputs in here, pressing both touchpad left-right buttons from the wireless keyboard(no middle button), but very rarely is working...
I've done my best, hopefully I've done correctly all the coreplay2 steps indicates...
to use the firmware file, download it and copy to /usr/local/lib/firmware/ucode13.fw
if the firmware directory does not exist, create it.
ls /usr/local/lib/firmware
The ucode13.fw was there together with brcm folder but after reboot, ucode13.fw wasn't there any more.
add ucode13.fw file to your backup list (control panel > Backup /Restore) then make a backup.
remove any bcma,ssb and b43 blacklisted modules from extlinux.conf
remove wl-modules-4.2.9-tinycore.tcz from mnt/sda2/tc7-x86/onboot.lst
Done all that, no wifi yet... unfortunately... :) Keep going :)
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did you create the firmware folder before copying the firmware file to it:
$ sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/firmware
$ sudo cp ucode13.fw /usr/local/lib/firmware
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Thank you Juanito
Done again (maybe trying for the fourth time) exactly as you said Juanito, checked if the the files is there before reboot, it was, after reboot gone again...
The firmware folder has already been there before starting all the process from scratch, and before copying the file in it.
Best wishes.
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Did you
add ucode13.fw file to your backup list (control panel > Backup /Restore) then make a backup.
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Maybe I am not doing it correct?
Control panel - > Backup/Restore - Chose Action Backup, let device like it is from default /sda1/tce and press Go.
Maybe it was a problem because when I did it for the first time I pasted in the Device field /usr/local/lib/firmware/ucode13.fw and for action was Dry Run and I pressed Go.
After that I saw I made a mistake, I closed the Backup/Restore windows and it opened again as default with /sda1/tce for Device, I chose Backup as action and pressed go.
After restart, because I thought I messed up with the restore, and that's why ufcode13.fw is not there any more, I copied again the ucode13.fw to /usr/local/lib/firmware/ I checked if it is there, it was. Continuing with Control Panel - Backup - let as default with /sda1/tce for Device, I chose Backup as action and pressed go.
At the end of Backup it is saying "Done"
And tried it for a few times more, but still ucode13.fw is disappearing after restart.
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It sounds like you're backing up correctly from GUI but in your notes you don't appear to describe actually adding the file to backup. Control Panel -> Backup/Restore -> Included For Backup tab -> bottom right click 'Add' (File) -> File Browser popup double-click '../' and directories to get to the file you want to backup -> select the file and click OK.
Or manually from terminal:
echo "usr/local/lib/firmware/ucode13.fw" >> /opt/.filetool.lst
Then navigate to /opt/.filetool.lst and ensure the correct filename and path are added (one line per file). Then backup again either Backup/Restore select 'backup' and 'Go', terminal run the command backup or menu exit (exittc) backup and reboot.
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Thank you nitram
Control Pannel - Backup - Include for Backup (.filetool.lst) tab it has 3 things: opt, home and also /usr/local/lib/firmware/ucode13.fw
ls /usr/local/lib/firmware has brcm folder and also ucode13.fw
wl-modules-4.2.9-tinycore.tcz is not any more /mnt/sda1/tce/onboot.lst
iw.tcz and wifi.tcz are on /mnt/sda1/tce/onboot.lst
Looking forward for new ideas... :)
Thank you.
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Control Pannel - Backup - Include for Backup (.filetool.lst) tab it has 3 things: opt, home and also /usr/local/lib/firmware/ucode13.fw
For whatever reason .filetool.lst does not require the first slash, so it should contain:
usr/local/lib/firmware/ucode13.fw
...not:
/usr/local/lib/firmware/ucode13.fw
Then backup, reboot and re-test.
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Excuse me nitram, typo...
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So, time for a progress report..
we were having difficulty creating the backup, so we created an extension firmware-b43-ucode13.tcz to test on reboot. Unfortunately this did not have the desired results either, dmesg reported unable to load b43/ucode13.fw and again for b43-open/ucode13.fw I'm fairly sure the location doesn't matter, but not to be out-foxed we created another extension to install the fw in /usr/local/lib/firmware/b43/ucode13.fw alas, still no cigar with the default b43 modules :(
Still have a couple tricks up our sleeves, which involves the wl driver so we'll see
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Additionally, welcome xpdx who has hardware constraints which severely limits his ability to highlight and paste from the terminal clipboard or any other clipboard for that matter.. While we tried various methods to cut and paste, highlight and paste, copy and shift insert etc etc. , none were able to cross the multi-clipboard boundaries. So this workaround should help him and others having the same issue who may find it useful
open a terminal and redirect the output of say dmesg to a file in the home directory
dmesg | tail -20 > mydmesg
then from the terminal open "editor"
editornavigate to the file and open it using: File > Open File Or the " Ctrl+O " shortcut
with the file open in editor select a specific line
or " Ctrl+A " to select all
then " Ctrl+C " to copy
lastly " Ctrl+V " to paste into the desired browser forum web page, irc client, etc. etc..
;D
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After a little digging I found updated broadcom firmware for kernel-3-2 and above. Also after cutting I found it's md5 and size differs from the version downloaded earlier. Maybe it would differ having been cut from wl_apsta.o?? either way we have another prospect..
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Excellent Master coreplayer !
My dmesg | tail -20b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found (core revision 13)
b43-phy0: Found PHY: Analog 4, Type 2 (G), Revision 9
b43-phy0: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, ID 0x2050, Revision 2, Version 0
b43-phy0 warning: 5 GHz band is unsupported on this PHY
b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43/ucode13.fw failed with error -2
b43 ssb0:0: Falling back to user helper
Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PMNLS ]
b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43/ucode13.fw failed with error -2
b43 ssb0:0: Falling back to user helper
b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43-open/ucode13.fw failed with error -2
b43 ssb0:0: Falling back to user helper
b43 ssb0:0: Direct firmware load for b43-open/ucode13.fw failed with error -2
b43 ssb0:0: Falling back to user helper
b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode13.fw" request failed (err=-11)
b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode13.fw" request failed (err=-11)
b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.
e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None
e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
ntfs: driver 2.1.32 [Flags: R/O MODULE].
ntfs: volume version 3.1.
All the best !
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maybe the firmware needs to be in /usr/local/lib/firmware/b43/ucode13.fw?
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With gratitude to the Great teacher coreplayer,
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load firmware-b43.tcz
Install rfkill
sudo rfkill unblock wifi
sudo iwconfig wlan0 up
wifi.sh
Wifi works.
SOLVED
All the best.